DISEASES OF THE HEART
DISEASES OF THE ENDOCARDIUM
RHEUMATIC FEVER
Definition
Etiology: Age incidence, Predisposing factors
Pathogenesis
Acute rheumatic fever
Changes in the heart
Chronic rheumatic heart diseases
Changes in other tissues in RF: Joints, Subcutaneous nodules, Brain, Skin, Pleura and Peritoneum, Blood vessels
Clinical features of acute RF
Causes of death in RF
ENDOCARDITIS
Definition, Types
SUBACUTE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Etiology
Pathogenesis
Pathological lesions
Complications and effects
Clinical features and course
Causes of death
ACUTE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Pathogenesis
Pathological features
Complications
Clinical features and course
Causes of death
VALVULAR DISEASES
Diseases of mitral valve
Mitral stenosis: Etiology, Gross picture, Microscopic picture, Effects, Complications, Causes of death
Mitral incompetence: Etiology, Effects, Complications, Causes of death
Diseases of aortic valve
Aortic incompetence: Etiology, Effects, Complications, Causes of death
Aortic stenosis: Etiology, Effects, Causes of death
Diseases of tricuspid valve
Tricuspid stenosis: Etiology
Tricuspid incompetence: Etiology, Effects
Diseases of pulmonary valve
Pulmonary stenosis: Causes, Effects
Pulmonary incompetence: Etiology, Effects
DISEASES OF THE MYOCARDIUM
Blood supply of the heart
ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE
General consideration and causal factors
Angina Pectoris
Variants of angina
Chronic ischemic heart diseases
Gross and microscopic features
Myocardial Infarction
Types of Myocardial Infarction
Pathogenesis of MI
Myocardial response to ischemia
Morbid anatomy and Microscopic features
Morphological changes in MI
Size and rate of development of MI
Clinical feature and course
Outcome of myocardial infarction
Complications of MI
Other effects of IHD
CARDIOMYOPATHY
Primary Cardiomyopathy: types and causes
Secondary Cardiomyopathy
MYOCARDITIS
Definition, Types
DISEASES OF THE PERICARDIUM
PERICARDITIS
Morphologically
Types and causes of pericarditis
Hydropericardium
Hemopericardium
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES
Etiology
Cyanotic group: Fallot’s Tetralogy, Fallot’s Trilogy, Eisenmenger’s Syndrome, Transposition of great vessels
Non-cyanotic group: Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD), Coarctation (stenosis) of the aorta)
Complications of congenital heart diseases
TUMORS OF THE HEART
Primary and secondary
HEART FAILUIRE
Definition
ACUTE HEART FAILURE
Causes
CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
Causes of RSHF
Causes of LSHF
Patho-physiological concepts
Manifestation of cardiac failure
Congestive (biventricular) failure
